Exotic: The Tiger King Movie - Fantasy Casting The Movie In All Our Minds - Ep 293 - a podcast by MMO

We cast the inevitable Tiger King movie on MMO! In this fun Friday episode, we’re enjoying a new format where we pretend we’re the casting directors of “Exotic,” where with an unlimited budget (which Netflix will have when they do make this movie), we cast it.

What/Why Is This Show? - Top of Episode

THE MMO TIGER KING ?? MOVIE FANTASY CASTING - Who Should Play:
Rick Kirkham - 2:33
John Reinke - 8:13
(Including the Name This Movie MUST Be)
Saff Saffery - 9:10
Allen “THE Henchman” Glover - 10:36
Eric “Big Blonde Hair” Cowie - 11:59
Jeff Lowe - 13:30
Dr. Antle + Bala Fisher - 15:46
John “Joe’s Living Ex Husband” Finley - 18:08
Dylan Passage “Joe’s Latest Husband” - 20:43
Joshua “Joe’s Campaign Manager” Dial - 21:15
James “Jetski” Garretson - 21:52
Howard Baskin - 23:07
Carole “Fuckin” Baskin - 24:15
(Why AlsoMike Is The Consummate Oscars Critic - 27:43)
Joe Exotic - 28:28

Your Homework/PLEASE LEAVE US 5*’S - 36:36
What’s Next From MMO/Words of Wisdom - 37:37


As we’ve vowed to do throughout this quarantine, it’s all about us all having some fun and getting through this together. So we’re interviewing some expert guests, we’re reviewing movies we’ve always wanted to cover, we’re keeping you up to date on everything streaming for us at home in our Quarantine Collection, we’re spreading out our James Bond Character Study, and we are trying out new formats, like we did in this episode, with our first Fantasy Casting Show of the Tiger King Movie, “Exotic” (trademark Mike1).

Now the internet has done a nice job giving us options for this challenge, and we do cite a bunch of fun possibilities for the Tiger King cast of characters. But we also wanted to dive into the pool of Oscar contending talent that we celebrate the long year round. So one of us tries to cast an Academy Award contending satire / dramedy, while the other Mike is all over the straight up goofy spoof comedy.

We make a few declarations and agree on castings like assistant zookeeper John Reinke and henchman Allen Glover. Otherwise, we’re making our cases and debating who could handle the voices, costumes, and overall weirdness of this larger than life, stranger than fiction type of story. Who are we casting for Joe Exotic? Carole Baskin? Jeff Lowe? Who should write the script? Who should direct the film? And how will the ensemble work together and survive all the tigers?!

Stay tuned for the next addition to our quarantine collection as we focus on the upcoming HBO MAX, featuring a review of Bad Education with Hugh Jackman & Allison Janney and our all time Top 5 HBO Original Movies. Then we’ll be back with MMOW, our weekly news & variety show that’s been sustaining us and keeping us sane throughout this quarantine with your help, as we play Six Degrees Of Kevin Bacon for a bit of fun at the end of each one of these.

As always, we wanna know your thoughts. Tell us how you would cast the Tiger King movie. We’re at MMandOscar on Twitter, and we are on Instagram, Facebook, Reddit, and Gmail. You can subscribe / rate / review / like / share / & listen to us on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Stitcher, Google Play, Tune In, Spotify, and just about wherever you might listen. We’re Mike, Mike, & Oscar, and we’re making awards season year round, without the stuffiness. Thanks for listening.

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